G/TBT/N/MEX/515  
28 July 2022 
(22-5703) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : MEXICO  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Comité Consultivo Nacional de Normalización de la Secretaría de 
Economía , CCONNSE (National Advisory Committee on Standardization of the Ministry of 
the Economy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:  
Calle Pachuca #189, Piso 7, Col . Condesa, C.P. 06140, Demarcación Territorial 
Cuauhtémoc, Ciudad de México, Tel. : (55) 57 29 91 00, Ext. 13245  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], 3.2 [ ], 7.2 [ ], 
other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : 
Miscellaneous domestic and commercial equipment (ICS code(s) : 97.180)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Proyecto de 
Norma Oficial Mexicana PROY -NOM-118-SE-2021, Industria cerillera - Cerillos y fósforos 
- Especificaciones de seguridad  (Draft Mexican Official Standard PROY -NOM-118-SE-
2021: Match industry - Matches - Safety requirements) (15 pages, in Spanish) (This text 
will cancel Mexican Official Standard NOM -118-SCFI-2004)  
6. Description of content : This technical regulation (Draft Mexican Official Standard) 
establishes safety requirements for matches sold in Mex ico. 
The Standard is applicable to both domestically manufactured and imported matches sold 
in the national territory.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Prevention of dec eptive practices and 
consumer protection ; Protection of human health or safety  
8. Relevant documents:  
NOM-030-SCFI-2006, Información comercial - Declaración de cantidad en la etiqueta - 
Especificaciones  (NOM -030-SCFI-2006: Trade information - Quantity declarations on 
labels - Specifications), published in the Mexican Official Journal of 6 November 2 006. 
NMX-EC-17025 -IMNC -2018, Requisitos generales para la competencia de los laboratorios 
de ensayo y de calibración (NMX -EC-17025 -IMNC -2018: General requirements for the 
competence of testing and calibration laboratories) . Notice of entry into force published 
in the Mexican Off icial Journal of 9 August 2 018. G/TBT/N/MEX/515  
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force : To be determined  
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, te lephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
Secretaría de Economía  (Ministry of the Economy)  
Subsecretaría de Industria, Comercio y Competitividad  (Under -Secretariat of Industry, 
Trade and Competitiveness)  
Dirección General de Normas (Directorate -General of Standards)  
Pachuca 189, Colonia Condesa,  
Demarcación territorial Cuauhtémoc,  
Ciudad de México, 06140  
Tel.: (+52 55) 5729 91 00, Ext. 13247 or 13264  
Email: tania.fosado@economia.gob.mx ;emeterio.mosso@economia.gob.mx  
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